- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 23:27:34 -0400
- To: thatch@us.ibm.com
- CC: w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
thatch@us.ibm.com wrote: > > Here is 6.6: > > Allow the user to control selection highlighting (e.g., foreground > and background color). > > Sure that is a nifty idea. It is also another setting, which is complexity. > But, since selection is usually reverse video, my question is, has that > ever been done before? Sure, I can do it in Netscape Navigator (4.x) in Linux. In my "app-defaults" file for Navigator, I say: *selectForeground*selectForeground: #000000 *selectBackground: #D15FEE This gives me a purplish selection background color that works for both gray and white backgrounds. In fact, that's why I changed the colors for myself from the defaults: the default selection color does not render well against white on my laptop's LCD screen. > Has this checkpoint been given adequate thought? There are other ways that the user may control focus highlighting by using CSS2 dynamic outlines [1]. [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-CSS2-19980512/ui.html#q5 > If it has never been done before, if no one has seen selectable > selection colors, then I think this is an example of a priority one > checkpoint that belongs in the priority three bucket, at best. In my particular case, since highlighting is done by color, I need to ensure adequate color contrast to meet my needs. If highlight were done using another technique, I might not need as much control. _ Ian -- Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs Tel/Fax: +1 212 684-1814
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